Orion Nebula 1500 light years

The Orion Nebula, a region just to the south of the belt in the constellation bearing his name, is an active and boisterous stellar nursery. This image of the Orion Nebula is in infrared light, which, in contrast to light at visible wavelengths, passes through the dust that pervades the nebula, and reveals the very young stars buried within. This image was taken with the VISTA infrared survey telescope at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile.